Free Westchester Band Concerts Begin Thursday July 10 in Chase Park

Has the Westchester Band been playing for 55 or 56 years?

Either way that's quite a record of longevity. And but for its one year off for Covid 2020, it's been doing so every summer since 1969!

With an array of talented professional, amateur, and outstanding student musicians, and sponsored principally by the Scarsdale Department of Parks and Recreation, local merchants, and by donations from the concert going Friends of the Westchester Band public: a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, the band, under the direction of Maestro Alan Hollander, puts on concerts beginning July 2nd at 7:30PM at the Village Pool, and then continues every Thursday night thereafter, beginning July 10th, at 8:00PM, in the Village's Chase Park, thru August 14th. For more information please visit westchesterband.org.

The band not only provides the musical backdrop to the July 2 fireworks show, but in its Chase Park home features soloists, prize winning mystery tunes, and music for the entire family from Marches, Broadway, light Classics, original band works, and rock arrangements, all with free admission and parking. (In the event of rain, concerts are held at the Scarsdale Middle School.)

So bring a lawn chair or blanket and picnic dinner (and a friend!), and “get away” for a while!

Making this huge undertaking not only possible, but free to the public comes with the help of band patrons and supporters of the arts alike. Donations made payable to “Friends of the Westchester Band” are greatly appreciated and tax deductible. You may mail your checks to 41 Van Etten Boulevard, New Rochelle, NY 10804.

See you under the stars!